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Murder trial starts over 2014 warehouse stabbing spree A Crown prosecutor says an Edmonton man accused of murdering two co-workers and wounding others during a “stabbing spree” at a grocery warehouse in 2014 planned to kill anyone he could find. Jayme Pasieka, 32, faces 10 charges including first-degree murder and attempted murder. He pleaded not guilty to all charges as his trial began Tuesday. Prosecutor Kim Goddard told the jury that the Crown intends to prove that Pasieka, dressed all in black with a knife in each hand, randomly slashed and stabbed workers as he walked through a huge Loblaws complex on Feb. 28, 2014.

She said evidence will prove that Pasieka planned the attack, buying knives at a West Edmonton Mall store before going to the warehouse. “This is not a whodunit,” Goddard told the jury. “He went there with a plan to kill anyone and everyone.” Police quickly identified Pasieka as a suspect. He was arrested a few hours after the attacks sitting in a car in an industrial area on the opposite end of the city. Goddard told the jury there were bloody knives on the seat beside him. The Crown said the evidence will show the victims’ DNA was on the knives. Thierno Bah, 41, and Fitzroy Harris, 50, were killed. Bah was originally from Guinea and moved to Montreal in 2009. He had a master’s degree in nanotechnology, but had trouble finding work in his field because his English was weak. The Canadian press

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‘Way short’ on housing community

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Metro | Edmonton City council is working on a new permanent housing strategy after Edmonton fell far short of targets laid out in 2007’s 10year plan to end homelessness. A new report shows that while the city has made progress on short-term housing, it added just 213 of the 1,000 permanent supportive housing units identified as a need in a 2009 report. “We’re way short of where we need to be, even though we know (supportive housing) is cheaper than jail, that is cheaper than hospitals, that is cheaper than policing. So there is an investment case which we continue to make,” Mayor Don Iveson said Tuesday. Iveson said the shortfall comes down to a lack of funding from senior levels of government, though he noted the new provincial government has increased funding and the federal government has promised a national housing strategy. The report says it would cost $21 million a year for 10 years to get Edmonton up to snuff on permanent supportive housing. Coun. Scott McKeen said people are “living like refugees” on Edmonton’s streets while

$21M Estimated annual cost of reaching the goal of 1,000 units, across 10 years

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Jordan Reiniger of Boyle Street Community Services says many clients have been homeless for decades. kevin tuong/for metro

police spend a disproportionate amount of resources on social disorder and hospital emergency rooms fill up with people who are homeless. Jordan Reiniger, director of programs and development at Boyle Street Community Services, said many people who access Boyle Street have been homeless for decades and need

extensive supports to get off the streets. “Really that’s a result of serious trauma in their life that they’ve experienced, often as kids — often experiencing mental-health challenges, physicalhealth challenges and substancedependency challenges all at the same time,” Reiniger said. “That’s why putting some-

body like that in a market housing environment without the ongoing support on site is just not setting them up for success.” Council voted Tuesday to write to provincial ministers

indicating the city’s interest in working on a new plan. The city is also sponsoring a community-led initiative to update numbers and strategies to end homelessness.

There is an investment case which we continue to make. Mayor Don Iveson

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Tories knew about farm worker needs A report commissioned by the previous Progressive Conservative government shows it was aware that Alberta farm workers needed workplace insurance protection. The Sigma Risk Management report, obtained by the Alberta Federation of Labour, was presented to the Tories in February 2015, three months before they were swept from power. The report says about 2,000 farm workers in Alberta suffer a lost-time accident each year and about 20 will die in workplace accidents. It also notes that Workers Compensation Board coverage would be the cheapest option for small and medium-size farms. The AFL says its findings repudiate arguments against the farm safety changes that have been brought in by the NDP. Wildrose Leader Brian Jean and PC leadership candidate Jason Kenney have pledged to scrap the NDP legislation if they win the next provincial election. “This utterly repudiates the arguments against basic workplace protections for agricultural employees,” federation president Gil McGowan said Tuesday. Mandatory rules that require WCB coverage for paid farm workers in Alberta have been in effect since January 2016. Regulations to cover workplace issues such as overtime, hours of work, collective bargaining, safety education and health rules are being studied by farm, labour and other groups. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Metro | Edmonton Local drug users say their voices must be part of the solution to Canada’s overdose crisis. Chanelle Twan, an Edmonton board member of the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPWUD), said that while about six people die of an overdose every day in Canada, drug users are often talked down to, even by those trying to help. “We, as drugs users, and our friends and our allies are kind of at, I would say, our wits’ end,” Twan said at a rally Tuesday. Now, she said, they won’t be ignored any more. The association led a rally in downtown Edmonton on Tuesday before advocates went to the legislature for meetings with Alberta Health. “We want to see the inclu-

Chanelle Twan of the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs. Kevin Tuong/For Metro

sion of groups like Moms Stop the Harm and CAPWUD when it comes to conversations surrounding people who use drugs. Because if we were able to work together, we would be able to help identify solutions much quicker,” Twan said. The association wants to see

Every couple of hours, someone is passing away. Chanelle Twan

decriminalization of drug possession, immediate exemptions for health-care providers applying for supervised injection services, increased funding for harmreduction and more access to opioid substitution therapies. Twan said the need for action is urgent.

“Every couple of hours, someone is passing away. This is what’s taking the lives of the most Canadian people right now, this overdose epidemic,” she said. “We realize there are policies and red tape, things like that, but we need to cut through that pretty quick because these are people’s lives.” Edmonton’s Petra Schulz lost her son, Danny, to an overdose in 2014 before helping establish the Moms Stop the Harm advocacy group. She supports CAPWUD’s calls for urgency. “I cannot imagine any other epidemic where this many people would be allowed to die without immediate action being taken,” Schulz told Metro. “It seems sometimes that our children are dispensable.” She believes society at large needs to readjust their attitude around drug addiction. “Sometimes, we hear about people being buried in an avalanche. Do we stand on that pile of snow and say, “Hey buddy, you made some bad choices; dig yourself out?’ But that is exactly what we do with people who use drugs, without looking at the underlying issues, the trauma or mental-health issues.”

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Police take over case following $5.5M fire The investigation into last week’s fire at a West Edmonton apartment building has been handed over to the Edmonton Police Service. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services confirmed Tuesday that the case has been handed off. Approximately 40 firefighters responded Thursday morning when the blaze broke out at the four-storey building at 76th Avenue and 172nd Street. The damage has been estimated at $5.5 million. Some residents had to be rescued from their balcony, and one person was taken to hospital as a precaution, but in the end all of the residents of the building’s 102 units were safe and accounted for. A spokesperson for the Edmonton Police Service told Metro that the cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Police say there are no updates, and the fire is not deemed suspicious at this time. The investigation continues. Matt Kieltyka/Metro

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Edmonton will borrow more than half a billion dollars Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton The city approved borrowing more than half a billion dollars Tuesday to revamp Yellowhead Trail. Mayor Don Iveson said while $510.8 million in tax-supported debt might sound like a lot, it will work out to an average 0.176 per cent property tax increase for each of the next 10 years. “It works out to, for the average household, the cost of a cup of coffee a year in terms of an increase,” Iveson said. “So to be able to fix the Yellowhead, I think that’s a small price to pay for Edmonton taxpayers who have been telling us for decades that we need to improve traffic safety and efficiency along this busiest of economic corridors.” The city will develop the pro-

ject in phases over a decade, partly to minimize traffic disruptions. Council heard the project could create 6,000 jobs, but specifics on who builds what and when still need to be worked out. “It will take a lot of consultation and engagement with businesses and residents who will be affected by the construction,” Iveson said. Before voting to support the expenditure, several councilors stressed a need for ongoing vigilance and regular reporting from administration on progress, to ensure the cost doesn’t balloon and everything is done efficiently. “This could be the greatest project in the world and it could also be a disaster if we don’t have proper oversight,” said Coun. Dave Loken. The city is shelling out more than half the cost, with the province and feds chipping in $241.6 million each and $8.7 million coming from a pay-as-you-go model in the city’s next capital budget cycle. The city will pay off its share over 20 years. The money will pave the way for turning a 25-kilometre stretch of Yellowhead Trail into a freeway.

survey Indigenous peoples asked for input on climate change A new survey was launched by the provincial government last week in an effort to involve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people (FNMI) with programming for Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan (ACLP). Some of the main goals of the ACLP include reducing greenhouse gas

emissions, creating “green jobs” and stimulating a greener economy. “We’re really interested to know what the best ways for us to support FNMI people in terms of their knowledge and participation moving forward,” said Richard Feehan, Alberta’s minister of Indigenous Affairs. The survey is open until April 30. Elizabeth Cameron/for metro

City council has delayed the sale of land for an 80-storey residential tower in the Quarters by up to 60 days. Council pulled a surprise move Tuesday by adding a private discussion on the land sale to its agenda a week early, but ultimately voted to delay any decision. The proposed Quarters Hotel and Residences, located below Jasper Avenue near 96 Street, would be the tallest tower in Western Canada and taller than

the still-incomplete 66-storey Stantec tower near Rogers Place in Edmonton. “We’re continuing to make progress, but ultimately council needs to be 100 per cent assured that the public interest is protected in all scenarios of what could unfold,” Mayor Don Iveson said. “There’s one remaining piece that council needs assurances on.” Documents released earlier this month in the city’s deal

note the tower would bring in $3.2 million in property taxes annually, as the development would be worth $250 million. Under the city’s terms, developer Alldritt would have to start developing the land in 10 years and, after starting construction, finish the project in five years. Some had expressed concerns about terms stating for some is the scenario where Alldritt doesn’t build the tower and instead wants to sell the

land. If that happened under that deal, under the current deal the city may not be able to buy back the land. Some worry it could set a precedent for river valley development, and conservation groups are pushing for new parkland to be added if the deal goes through. A public hearing on the sale previously scheduled for Wednesday afternoon will also be postponed. KEVIN MAIMANN/Metro

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Grocery chain says the days of bare shelves are in the past Alex Boyd

Metro | Edmonton Following months of customer complaints, Planet Organic has a very Canadian message for their customers: They’re sorry. In a release that drops the “s” word no fewer than five times, CEO Alan Thompson said the past few months “were not the best.” “Sorry, and we will do better,” the release said. “Sorry.” The grocery chain was founded in Edmonton in 1993 as an organic alternative to major grocery stores, before expanding to locations across

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We’re apologizing for the unfortunate situation that we had to put our customers through last year. Marco West the province and in B.C. and Ontario. But the company stumbled — publicly — late last year, with suppliers speaking out about payment problems and customers complaining about bare shelves. In November many shelves sat empty at the two Edmonton locations for several days, with managers telling Metro at the time that it was due to an ongoing restructuring that affected supply. But according to Marco West, assistant store manager at the location just off Whyte, they’re now back in business. “We’re apologizing for the unfortunate situation that we had to put our customers

through last year, and we’re basically now back to 100 per cent store conditions and we’re getting orders in consistently,” he said. West said that some changes are now complete, and the stores are no longer being managed out of corporate headquarters in Buffalo, New York. Instead, a Canadian team is in place, he said. He said they’re refocusing on their relationships with local producers and hope they can get back to the winning formula they had 20 years ago. “We’re back to what we used to be,” he said. The company is now owned by U.S.-based Natural Market Foods Group.

Marco West, assistant store manager at Planet Organic, says the chain is welcoming customers back after months of struggle. Kevin Tuong/For Metro

A strong New Democratic Party base in Edmonton isn’t enough to keep Premier Rachel Notley’s party in power if Alberta voted now, according to a new poll. The Mainstreet/Postmedia poll released Tuesday shows that the Wildrose would cruise to power should a snap provincial election be held now. Brian Jean’s party has 38 per cent support among decided and leaning voters, compared to 29 per cent for the Conservatives and 23 per cent for the NDP. The numbers look much different in Edmonton, where the NDP still enjoys 43 per cent of the vote, Wildrose is second with 26 per cent and the Progress Conservatives have 21 per cent. The leader approval ratings don’t look much better for the NDP. Notley has a 57 per cent disapproval rating, while Jean is riding high with a 64 per cent approval rating. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 1.93 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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Surviving brother in canal tragedy at home Elizabeth Cameron

For Metro | Calgary The surviving brother of a tragedy that unfolded in Airdrie on Family Day is back at home with family, according to RCMP. Two brothers, aged six and 10, fell through the ice on a canal frequented by locals in the neighbourhood of Bayside on Monday.

Ruby Perez lives in a building operated by Kalaka Housing Cooperative that has had issues with mould. Pushpa Balgobin/For Metro

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Kalaka Housing co-op gets $22K for bathroom, kitchen repairs Pushpa Balgobin

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Kalaka Housing Cooperative, a social housing unit in Edmonton, is getting almost $22,000 to repair its kitchens and bathrooms as part of a federal influx of cash for homes for seniors and low-income families. Minister of Families JeanYves Duclos announced about $12 million in new funds at an event in Edmonton Friday to upgrade about 1,000 social housing units across the country. “We have to gut the whole thing because there is mould and asbestos,” said Jerome Meyers, president of the Kalaka Housing co-op board, of the renovations required. “We have to make sure it’s

done properly.” Meyers said the co-op has taken out mortgages to address some of the upkeep on the 37-year-old units, but tackling the repairs in full has been challenging without hiking tenants’ prices. “In respect to the retrofit grant the money we are using is to repair the last, or the last couple, of the bathrooms that had problems as far as mould (and) safety issues, but there are a lot of things we will have to do going forward,” Meyers said. He hoped that additional funds could be utilized to address other issues such as landing pads and sunken grounds for other units. Resident Ruby Perez lives in a unit owned by Kalaka. Her bathroom currently has tape running along the edge of the tub in order to prevent water from leaking through the linoleum floor. She expressed relief that the mould and asbestos concerns would be addressed. Perez and her family have been tenants for the past three years.

The younger child was transported to the Alberta Children’s hospital by STARS air ambulance but later died of his injuries. No criminal charges will be laid in relation to the incident, according to Curtis Peters, media relations officer for the Southern Alberta RCMP. The older child, who was believed to be suffering from hypothermia and transported to the Alberta Children’s Hos-

pital via ground transportation, was later discharged and has returned home with his parents. The family has not been identified. A memorial grew on Tuesday at a bridge near where the incident happened. Airdrie residents were stopping by to leave messages of support and express their grief, some shedding tears as they left bouquets and toys as a memorial to six-year-old

drowning victim. Lynda McLean, leader of corporate communications with the City of Airdrie, said the city monitors ice conditions in several park areas, but do not monitor the canals. Signs posted along the canals warn nearby residents to use the area for skating at their own discretion due to the dangerous conditions across the canal. with files from brodie thomas/metro

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Initiative to bring in refugees expected to cost $28 million The Trudeau government is poised to announce today that Canada has given safe haven to almost 400 Yazidi refugees and other survivors of Islamist extremists in the last four months and will take in about 800 more by the end of the year. The initiative is expected to cost $28 million, according to details obtained by The Canadian Press. In addition to 1,200 government-assisted refugees, the government says it also intends to facilitate private sponsorships of Yazidi refugees. The announcement comes four months after the House of Commons unanimously supported a Conservative motion that called on the government to provide asylum to an unspecified number of Yazidi women and girls. The motion recognized that

Daesh is committing genocide against the Yazidi people and holding many of the religious group’s women and girls as sex slaves. Although the motion referred only to providing asylum to Yazidi women and girls, the 1,200 refugees will include male family members.

Many will have unique psychological and social needs. Ahmed Hussen

Although the motion referred strictly to the Yazidi people, the government is not confining its efforts solely to members of that religious group, who live primarily in northern Iraq. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says Canada has long offered protection to refugees based on “vulnerability, not religion or ethnicity” and will thus focus on “highly vulnerable” survivors of Daesh.

Still, he says a “significant majority” of the 1,200 will be Yazidi due to the “high level of violence” they’ve suffered. Roughly three quarters of the 400 refugees that have come into Canada so far are Yazidi, said officials. The Yazidi people are “an integral part” of Iraq’s society and it’s important to preserve that, Hussen argued, adding that’s why the government is focusing on “a small number of people for whom resettlement is the best option.” Moreover, Hussen said the government is taking lessons from Germany — which resettled just more than 1,000 Daesh survivors from northern Iraq over the course of a year - on how to work safely in a volatile environment to identify and run security checks on refugees and how best to ensure that the necessary settlement services are in place once they arrive in Canada. “As many have experienced unimaginable trauma, both physical and emotional, many will have unique psychological and social needs such as trauma counselling,” Hussen said. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Yazidi refugees celebrate news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from Daesh, while at a refugee camp on Nov. 13, 2015, in Rojava, Syria. Getty Images Intelligence

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Hussein Ali Sumaida says Canada is the only safe haven for him even if he spends the rest of his life here without legal status. A former double agent for the Israeli intelligence service and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, the now 52-yearold Hamilton, Ont. man said his life would be in danger if he was sent anywhere in the Middle East. Canadian officials have been trying to remove Sumaida ever since he arrived in Toronto in 1990 for asylum and was deemed

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inadmissible to the country a year later for his “espionage” activities that they said made him complicit in crimes against

humanity. In fact, Ottawa did deport him once to Tunisia in 2005, but Sumaida assumed a false identity and returned. After living a low-profile life over the last decade, raising a family with a job in construction, Sumaida said he recently got a letter in the mail informing him that a pre-removal risk assessment had been initiated to determine if it’s safe for him to be deported to Tunisia again. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Metro | Vancouver Police departments across Canada would be wise to better serve and protect their members, if a landmark survey of Vancouver’s police officers is any indication. According to the study, commissioned by the Vancouver Police Union, one in every three

police officers displays enough symptoms to have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The survey is the most comprehensive ever done on mental health in Canadian police forces. But even the union’s president said the numbers caught him off guard. “I knew there were issues with cynicism, depression and fatigue,” Tom Stamatakis told Metro. “But I was surprised to see their extent.

“Even though, from our survey, police officers generally like their jobs and trying to help people in the community, they are also exposed to some pretty horrific incidents during the performance of their duties.” “A 70 per cent response rate is unbelievable, there’s no data like this anywhere,” said one of the authors, psychologist Lisa Kitt. “People are suffering unnecessarily.”

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Month Two: Focus on legislation Politics

Trump team trying to move beyond controversies As President Donald Trump begins his second month in office, his team is trying to move past the crush of controversies that overtook his first month and make progress on health care and tax overhauls long sought by Republicans. Both issues thrust Trump, a real estate executive who has never held elected office, into the unfamiliar world of legislating. The president has thus far relied exclusively on executive powers to muscle through policy priorities and has offered few details about what he’ll require in any final legislative packages, like how the proposals should be paid for. The White House also sent conflicting signals about whether the president will send Congress his own legislative blueprints or let lawmakers drive the process. White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said he expects

Officials in Donald Trump’s administration say the team is moving beyond controversies of the first month of his presidency, and into drafting health-care and tax overhauls. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

a health-care plan to emerge in “the first few days of March.” Pressed on whether the plan would be coming from the White House, Priebus said, “We don’t work in a vacuum.” On Sunday, White House advisers held a three-hour meeting on health care at Trump’s South Florida club, their third lengthy discussion on the topic

in four days. Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs banker now serving as Trump’s top economic adviser, and newly sworn-in Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin have been leading talks with Republican lawmakers and business leaders on taxes. Neither man has prior government experience. Republicans long blamed

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A pilot repeatedly yelled out “mayday” but did not say what the emergency was before his light plane crashed into the roof of an Australian shopping mall, killing himself and four American tourists, an accident investigator said Wednesday. Police blamed “catastrophic engine failure” when a twinengine Beechcraft B200 Super King Air crashed into the Direct Factory Outlet mall in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon on Tuesday moments after takeoff from a nearby runway. But Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Greg Hood said modern twin-engine aircraft are designed to continue flying if an engine failed. “My understanding is he only used the word ‘mayday’

At least 74 bodies of African refugees have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said Tuesday, the latest tragedy at sea along a perilous but increasingly popular trafficking route to Europe. The bodies were found near the western Libyan city of Zawiya on Monday, Red Crescent said spokesman Mohammed al-Misrati, adding that he feared more might surface. He said a torn rubber boat, the kind that usually carry up to 120 people, was found nearby. The Red Crescent’s branch in Zawiya said there are bodies still floating out at sea but it has no means to retrieve them. The International Organization of Migration said the traffickers took the engine and left the boat to drift. Another 12 refugees remain missing and are “presumed drowned,” and a

Democrats for blocking efforts to overhaul the nation’s complicated tax code and make changes to the sweeping 2010 health care law signed by President Barack Obama. But with the GOP now in control of both the White House and Congress, making good on those promises rests almost entirely with the president and his party.

To some Republicans’ chagrin, both issues were overshadowed during Trump’s first month. The president spent more time publicly fighting the media than selling Americans on his vision for a new health-care law. Fresh questions emerged about Trump’s ties to Russia, particularly after national security adviser Michael Flynn was fired for misleading the White House about his conversations with a Russian envoy. The White House botched the rollout of a refugee and immigration executive order, Trump’s most substantive policy initiative to date, and the directive was quickly blocked by the courts. Priebus said the distractions did not slow down work happening behind the scenes on the president’s legislative priorities. One of the biggest questions on Capitol Hill is how involved Trump plans to be in legislative minutia. One GOP leadership aide whose office has been working with the White House described the president as a “big picture guy” and said he expected Trump to defer to Capitol Hill on health care in particular. The aide was not authorized to speak publicly and insisted on anonymity. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

POLITICAL digest Millions targeted for deportation Millions of people living in the United States illegally could be targeted for deportation — including people simply arrested for traffic violations — under a rewrite of immigration enforcement policies announced Tuesday. Any immigrant who is in the country illegally and is charged or convicted of any offence, or even suspected of a crime, will now be an enforcement priority, according to Homeland Security Department memos. AP Canada will not abandon Mexico: Freeland Canada has reassured Mexico that updating the North American Free Trade Agreement will be a threeway conversation involving all three member countries. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland’s remarks Tuesday appear to clarify speculation that Canada will abandon Mexico and pursue bilateral talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, who wants to renegotiate the 23-yearold trade deal. TORSTAR

Pilot yelled ‘mayday’ Bodies of refugees wash up on Libyan coast before crash into mall a number of times,” Hood told reporters, referring to radio communication from pilot Max Quartermain to air traffic controllers. “My understanding is he didn’t refer to the specific nature of the emergency,” Hood said. Quartermain was the 63-year-old owner of the charter company Corporate and Leisure Travel. The passengers were identified as Greg Reynolds De Haven, Russell Munsch, Glenn Garland and John Howard Washburn, who all lived in the Austin, Texas, area. Australian media reports Wednesday said Quartermain had been under investigation over a near mid-air collision that happened in September. the associated press

Libyan Red Crescent volunteers recovering the bodies of 74 migrants that washed ashore Monday, near Zawiyah on Libya’s northern coast. Libyan Red Crescent/Getty Images

sole survivor was transferred to a hospital in a coma, the UN migration agency said on Twitter. The Red Crescent posted photographs of dozens of bodies in white and black bags, lined up along the shore. Al-Misrati said the bodies would be taken to a

cemetery for unidentified people in the capital, Tripoli. The Red Crescent appealed for help on Facebook, saying there are no vehicles to transport the bodies. Al-Misrati had initially said the bodies were found overnight Tuesday, but later clarified that

they were recovered Monday afternoon and evening. Libyan coast guard spokesman Ayoub Gassim said over 500 refugees were rescued at sea on Friday and Saturday off the coast of Sebratha, a city to the west of Zawiya. The refugees’ boats were 5 to 7 miles (8 to 11 kilometres) from the coast. Gassim said the smugglers pack larger rubber boats with up to 180 people, dramatically increasing the risk of capsizing. Last week, Fabrice Leggeri, director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, said the Libya-to-Italy smuggling route across the Mediterranean had seen record numbers of migrant drownings in 2016. Some 4,579 migrant deaths were documented in 2016, up from 2,869 deaths the previous year and 3,161 in 2014. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Tourists coming back to Paris Tourism to Paris is showing signs of a revival after a yearlong slump attributed to deadly extremist attacks, violent labour protests, strikes and floods. The biggest drop came in demand for Paris hotels from Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Italian tourists, according to 2016 figures released Tuesday by the Paris regional tourism committee. The Louvre Museum, Musée d’Orsay and Disneyland Paris saw visits drop between 9 and 13 per cent last year and overall tourism-related revenue in the region fell more than 1 billion euros, or about 6 per cent, according to the committee. Many potential Paris visitors were scared off by November 2015 attacks on cafés, a rock

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concert and the national stadium that killed 130 people. However by the end of 2016,

hotel reservations started rising again, the report said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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All-day breakfast now on menu

Want to grab some pancakes for lunch in a hurry? Now you can at McDonald’s. The fast-food restaurant launched its all-day breakfast menu on Tuesday at 1,100 restaurants across the country. Menu items include oatmeal, hash browns, and the famous

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Egg McMuffin sandwich. The social media reaction was nothing short of elation as people posted selfies with hash browns and Egg McMuffins. “Truly an egg-celent idea!” posted Rosalyn Gambhir to Twitter. Blogger Tenille Lafointaine

tweeted: “McDonald’s #AllDayBreakfast is real, and it’s here, and life is oh so good!” McDonald’s Canada said the first location in the country to serve breakfast after 11 a.m. was Torbay Road McDonald’s in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. METRO

The parent company of Tim Hortons and Burger King is making a move to add fried chicken to its repertoire with an offer to buy Popeyes in a friendly deal. Restaurant Brands International said Tuesday it will pay $1.8 billion US for the Louisiana-style fried chicken chain. That translates to $79 US per share in Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc., which trades on the Nasdaq market. “We’re really excited we’re adding another iconic and successful brand, one that has really rich Louisiana heritage that’s going to resonate with guests all around the world,” RBI CEO Daniel Schwartz said in an interview.

The deal doesn’t come as a surprise to analysts, said Will Slabaugh, managing director at Arkansas-based Stephens Inc. “I think it was always hinted at that there might be more brands in the future,” he said, referencing RBI’s successful 2014 acquisition of Tim Hortons that led analysts to believe RBI could have a strong platform to roll in other quickservice restaurants. However, there aren’t many chains that fit RBI’s criteria for acquisition. Slabaugh said the company is likely looking for

CANADA BASED Restaurant Brands International has its headquarters in Oakville, Ont., west of Toronto, with more than 20,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and U.S. territories.

chains that are attractive to consumers around the world — not just Americans. Schwartz said RBI plans to accelerate Popeyes’ growth in the U.S. and beyond. The company currently has more than 2,600 restaurants, mostly in America, with 621 international locations. “There is no reason that this brand can’t be multiple times its size in many, many years from now,” said Schwartz, adding that Popeyes is currently growing at a similar pace to Burger King when RBI first acquired that fast-food chain. In 2010, Burger King was adding 173 net new restaurants globally per annum. Last year, that number grew to 735. It’s unlikely this is the last major acquisition RBI will make, said Slabaugh, though he doesn’t expect any more announcements in the near future. “Over time, I definitely expect them to acquire more brands.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The PM didn’t come before his German hosts as the guy who’s found the solution. The St. Matthew’s Day Banquet in Hamburg has been a big date on the German city’s social calendar for more than six centuries. Everyone who’s anyone in Hamburg attends. Under the gilded roof of the historic town hall’s palatial banquet room, keynote speakers — each year, a German dignitary and a foreign guest — discuss the great matters of the day before hundreds of revelers. Perhaps Justin Trudeau’s staff didn’t notice before he spoke at this year’s banquet that the keynote slot has lately become quite thoroughly jinxed. The nonGerman speaker in 2016 was David Cameron, then the prime minister of Britain. Four months later he lost the Brexit referendum and resigned. In 2015 the guest keynote was delivered by Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski. Three months later he lost his country’s presidential election. In 2014 Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt — famous to space-challenged headline writers the world over as “Obama selfie friend” after she posed for a photo with the former U.S. president at Nelson Mandela’s funeral — addressed the Hamburg dinner. She lost her next election and retired from politics. In 2013 the cursed Hamburg keynote slot was occupied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, who lasted for 13 more months as France’s prime minister before losing that job. Apparently Trudeau is hoping to buck the trend. It’s a very specific trend, if we look more closely. Cameron was trying to stem a rising tide of populism at home by urging the European Union to reform itself. He failed, essentially, and saw his career washed away by a tide of populist nationalism in the Brexit referendum. Komorowski was the standard-bearer for a moderate pro-European business conservative party that found itself losing, first in Poland’s

The guy in the tux on the plight of workers The PM gave the keynote address at a lavish Hamburg banquet, where he hinted at a populist shift in economic policy, writes Paul Wells. The canadian press

presidential vote and then in parliamentary elections, to Law and Justice, a socialconservative movement that plays on fear of Poland’s neighbours, leftover resentment against Communism, and suspicion of newcomers. Thorning-Schmidt’s social democrats lost to a centreright party, mostly thanks to a surge in support for the further-right Danish People’s Party, whose leader has since said he finds Donald Trump refreshing. Ayrault’s departure was less dramatic. French prime ministers are appointed by presidents, and Ayrault took the fall when it became clear that François Hollande’s presidency was going nowhere fast. But Ayrault is another symbol of the incapacity of traditional managerial brokerage parties to deliver the change voters crave. Marine Le Pen is almost certain to win more votes in May’s French presidential election than the candidate of Ayrault’s Socialist party. So the last four consecutive Hamburg keynoters came a cropper, not from random bad luck, but because the fury of the disaffected made political busi-

ness-as-usual impossible. A cautionary tale. Four for the price of one, in fact. Now along comes Trudeau. Appropriately enough, the tone of his remarks to the Hamburg swells was uncharacteristically dark. “Citizens across the political spectrum are looking for guidance. They’re looking for leadership. They’re looking for a voice,” he said. “And so far, they’re feeling a little let down.” When “companies post record profits on the backs of workers consistently refused full-time work,” he said, “people get defeated.” When “governments serve special interests instead of the citizens interests who elected them, people lose faith.” Inequality has made citizens distrust governments and employers, “and we’re watching that anxiety transform into anger on an almost daily basis.” That’s got to change, Trudeau said, perhaps noticing the Hamburg Rathaus floor is littered with trapdoors. “It’s time to get real about the challenges facing the middle class,” he said, and “Old approaches don’t work anymore,” and “We can’t go about things the same way

and expect to succeed in this new world.” Much of the rest of his speech was corporate-responsibility stuff — companies should pay a living wage, provide generous maternity leave, and so on. As for his own business — governing Canada — he offered no hint about what might be next, only applause for his enhanced child benefit and his recent at-least-I’m-not-inDavos speaking tour. But I don’t take the PM to have been basking in complacency. He didn’t come before his German hosts as the guy who’s found the solution. He cast himself, with them, as one who needs to find it. “We can no longer brush aside the concerns of our workers and our citizens. We have to address the root cause of their worries, and get real about how the changing economy is impacting peoples’ lives.” I take Trudeau’s Hamburg speech as a preview of a strongly populist shift in economic policy, beginning with next month’s federal budget. Paul Wells is a Toronto Star national affairs columnist.

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There is no line-up for refugees; everyone is fleeing the same fire Speaking to CBC radio, Conservative MP and public safety critic Tony Clement was asked if migrants crossing from the U.S. over land pose a security risk. He answered “we don’t know yet” and went on to say that the migrants should follow the standard refugee claim procedures that “many, many people — tens of thousands do every year.” “We’ve got a queue jumping situation here as well where we are diverting resources to deal with these claims rather than the claims of people who are going through the legal process,” he told CBC. No, Tony. There is no “queue jumping situation” because there is no queue. Simply put: There is no lineup when you’re fleeing a fire. The only requirement is to get out alive. On one point he is right. Many, many people do claim refugee status each year. And that’s about it. (According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, in 2015 over 16,000 people claimed refugee status at immigration offices.) As for the rest he is worryingly wrong. “Refugee claimants are not in a queue. They’re in a completely separate process by which people are asserting their rights under the Refugee Convention,” Janet Dench, executive director of the Canadian Council of Refugees, told Metro. Canada became a signatory to the landmark document in 1969. It doesn’t spell out that refugees don’t wait in a line. It doesn’t need to, because it

should be obvious that running away isn’t orderly. Clement abruptly ended the call with CBC when pressed on what solutions he had and went onto Twitter to complain about being asked questions by the press. Sounds familiar. The notion of a “queue” is dangerous rhetoric. Not only does it belie the facts of international refugee law that Canada is party to, it also speaks to a willingness to delegitimize the lives of people who have already faced incredible dangers. This dangerous rhetoric isn’t unique to Canada. Such words have become actions in Australia, where many refugees are kept on a veritable prison island called the Manus Processing Centre. It is a multibillion dollar facility dedicated almost solely to keep refugees from exercising their rights to freedom of movement by manufacturing a “queue.” Language like Clement’s is also not new, says Dench: “We have seen in the past the setting up of a dichotomy between good refugees and bad refugees.” Those who claim that refugees are jumping the line are ignoring the law. As the world faces a global migrant crisis that includes 21.3 million refugees, the truth about the law must be told. Canadians signed up 48 years ago to join the rest of the world in providing for and protecting refugees. With the Syrian refugee program, we reaffirmed that commitment to human rights. We can’t now insist that there’s a line up for their unalienable rights. Philosopher Cat by Jason Logan

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Metro | Toronto Hold the dressing — that bottle of Italian olive oil might have to last a while. A bad harvest has sent the price of the Mediterranean staple surging and, closer to home, some local retailers and restaurants are already on edge. Bad weather and pests have driven the wholesale cost of Italian olive oil up 64 per cent over the same period last year, which translates into a 15-20 per cent shelf price increase in that country. Carmine Raviele, who owns Little Italy’s Il Gatto Nero restaurant in Toronto with his son, said he hasn’t had to hike prices yet, but the increase is on his mind. “We’ve noticed it and it does make a difference,” he said. “Eventually, you’ll have to pass it on to the customer.” The Italian price increases are chalked up to early rains that knocked some buds off olive trees and the threat of the olive fly, which forced many farmers into an early harvest. Raviele said he’s seen a jump in price of Italian olive oil from suppliers of around 20 per cent starting about three weeks ago. “You can buy cheap oil from other places in the world but then people are used to a certain product; they can tell the difference,” he added. Andreas Voulgaris of Olive

Italy’s olive oil wells run dry Italy’s plantations of olive trees have been affected by adverse and unseasonal weather conditions as well as attack from the olive fly. getty images file

Oil Emporium, which ships the product across Canada, said it’s been a tough season, and expects they may not end up getting any Italian olive oil that meets their standards for quality this year. “There’s not much out there,” he said. “It’s very, very challenging and there’s not much you can do.” But his business has lots of other options, including olive

oil from Spain, Greece, Chile and Peru. Out of the world’s 314 best olive oils awarded at the New York International Olive Oil Competition last year, 109 were from Italy — more than any other country, despite a poor 2014/15 harvest. Italian olive oil is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather and pests because of the different environments

that olives grow in, from Northern hills to Southern groves. But that’s also how Italian olive oil gets so many different flavours. Olive oil harvests, like wine, can vary over the years depending on what Mother Nature has in store, Voulgaris added. “That’s the beauty of a live, fresh product,” he added.

oil-ternatives: try these instead Spain is the largest olive oil producer in the world. Greek extra virgin olive oil is used by other countries to enhance their blends. Avocado oil has a high smoke point and can be used for searing, frying, roasting and as a dressing.

Grapeseed oil is usually more affordable than avocado oil and is a good source of vitamin E. Canola oil, which is produced in Canada, is high in the anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acid called alpha-linolenic acid. Metro

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Fake food is the elephant in the Canadian dining room A new study suggests more than half of Canadians, especially those with health conditions, are worried the foods they’re buying are not what labels claim — and preventing falling victim to such scams can be difficult, experts say. In an online survey conducted by researchers at Dalhousie University, 63 per cent of respondents said they were concerned about the widespread practice known as food fraud. Notably, worries about counterfeited food products coming from Canada were even greater in those study participants with food intolerances. That’s likely because the fallout for someone with allergies eating a mislabelled product can be severe, says lead researcher Sylvain Charlebois. He calls food fraud “the big elephant in the room.” “People are aware of the problem. They just don’t know how to deal with it,” Charlebois said. Ingredient lists are lifelines for people with food allergies, says Beatrice Povolo, the director of advocacy and media relations for Food Allergy Canada, a non-profit organization advocating on behalf of people with food allergies. “They count on that to be accurate and truthful and complete in order for them to make

Seafood is the most vulnerable group to food fraud because it’s hard to distinguish between fish species visually once it’s a fillet on a store shelf, according to researchers at Dalhousie University. istock

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People are aware of the problem. They just don’t know how to deal with it. Sylvain Charlebois

radar at the moment. Olive oil is the perfect example of a product that frequently contains unlisted ingredients, according to Larry Olmsted, author of Real Food Fake Food. Sometimes it’ll be watered down with peanut or soy oil, he says, and both are allergens. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency receives an average of 40 complaints annually from consumers about potential food misrepresentation, spokeswoman Lisa Murphy wrote in an email, and it in-

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vestigates each case. The CFIA has studied the scope of the issue and determined concerns include shortweighting products, substituting ingredients, and making false and misleading claims about products. It also has several programs to monitor certain types of food for fraudulent products, such as olive oil. Between 2006 and 2007, more than 45 per cent of tested samples did not meet the country’s criteria for the

product, according to a 2013 presentation by CFIA before a European Commission workshop on olive oil authentication. By 2012 to 2013, that number dropped to more than 30 per cent.

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“Here’s what happened with Lisa,” says writer/comedian/ actor Mike Birbiglia, in this 75-minute standup routine about his travails with love. “I built up the courage to ask her to go to the carnival with me. I thought, ‘Maybe this will be like one of those romantic comedy montages.’” Instead, he eats a ton of junk food and goes on the Scrambler. “The premise of the Scrambler is simple,” Birbiglia says. “You sit on a two-person pod with the person you’re in love with, and that pod goes in a circle, which is part of a larger circle, which is part of an even grander circle.”

(In a minute he acts this out. It’s hilarious.) He imagines carnival workers asking, “‘But who will be in charge of this dangerous piece of equipment?’ And one guy goes, ‘I have a nephew who’s 16 years old, and smokes pot 24 hours a day.’ And they’re like, ‘He sounds amazing. We don’t even need to interview him.’” Naturally, it ends badly for young Mike. But that’s good news for us, because Birbiglia is a brilliant storyteller, sweet, wry, riotous. (He’s a frequent contributor to radio’s This American Life, whose guru, Ira Glass, is one of his producers.) For 75 minutes, he spins out one tale that will continue unspooling in your mind long after you watch it. Eventually you’ll realize that what felt like digressions — the Scram-

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Oilers’ threegame streak snuffed out in Tampa Bay Ondrej Palat scored twice and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Ben Bishop stopped 20 shots

to win his fifth consecutive of Palat’s goals before scoring start to help the Lightning ex- his 22nd of the season for a 3-1 tending a season-best point lead less than a minute into the streak to sevthird period. Eden games (5-0- Tuesday In Tampa Bay monton countered quickly, 2), the team’s longest since but Oscar Klefwinning nine bom’s goal just straight from over a minute Feb. 18 to later was waved Oilers March 5 last Lightning off when Tampa season. Bay successfully Vladislav Namestnikov added challenged that the Oilers were an empty-netter in the final offside before scoring. second. Iiro Pakarinen scored his first Kucherov assisted on each goal of the season for the Oil-

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Holding Alberta’s broom at the Canadian women’s curling championship made Heather Nedohin realize how much she missed it. The 41-year-old quit competitive curling two years ago after two decades and a pair of national titles. But the emergency call-up by Shannon Kleibrink has been coming off the bench a lot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ont. Nedohin skipped her second and third games for Alberta on Tuesday because of Kleibrink’s ailing back. Alberta’s record was 3-3 with Nedohin in the house for two of those wins. “I have to be honest. I never thought I’d be back,” Nedohin said. “I’m going to get emotional. It feels really good to be back. “For me, it’s harsh that’s Shannon’s back is not feeling well, but in the same sense, something was presented to me and I’m just going to roll with it.” Alternates, or fifths, are insur-

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Jays catcher says swimming helped rehab injured knee When Russell Martin decided to take up swimming as an off-season workout option a year ago, he was amazed at how quickly he progressed in the pool. It didn’t hurt that his coach and training partner was a ninetime Paralympic gold medallist. The Blue Jays catcher, who was born in Toronto but raised in Montreal, has trained alongside Longueuil, Que., native Benoit Huot for two straight off-seasons at the Institut National du Sport du Quebec (INS). “I never really practised swimming in my life, I was never really that interested in it, but as I got older my body was changing and I felt I needed to do some different things to stay in shape,” the 34-year-old Martin said Tuesday at the Blue Jays spring training facility. “I just wanted to find ways to balance out my body a little bit better and turns out Ben is a

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didn’t take Huot up on his offer until last year when Huot took him to INS Quebec for the first time. Martin played 137 games last season — and nine more in the playoffs — batting .231 with 20 homers and 74 RBIs while dealing with a left knee issue for

most of the year. He underwent arthroscopic surgery in November to remove floating torn cartilage from the knee, a procedure he said he’s fully recovered from now. While Martin’s knee had “mostly healed” by the time he got in the pool with Huot, he did say that swimming helped in his rehab process and he worked with his physiotherapist to come up with a workout plan he could do underwater. “I’d start with very easy stuff and I would do them and get back to (my physiotherapist) and tell him it felt good or it felt worse and we’d work together from there,” Martin said. “We got more aggressive each time and the next thing you know the knee just started to feel awesome.” The Canadian Press

MLB IN BRIEF League to push forward with rule change process Major League Baseball intends to give the players’ association the required one-year advance notice that would allow management to unilaterally change the strike zone, install pitch clocks and limit trips to the pitcher’s mound starting in 2018. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Tuesday after union head Tony Clark said he did not foresee players agreeing to the proposed changes for 2017. the associated press

Source: Free agent Wieters going to Nationals After a long wait to find a free-agent deal, four-time All-Star catcher Matt Wieters finally found a match with the Washington Nationals. Wieters and the Nationals agreed in principle on a $10.5 million contract for 2017 according to a person familiar with the deal. The contract includes a player option for 2018 worth another $10.5 million. the associated press

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agent this winter gives the AL champions a middle-of-the-order slugger unlike any they’ve had since the 1990s. After eight seasons in Toronto, Encarnacion has a new home — and an unexpected one. When free agency opened, the small-market Indians were

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For Metro Canada This pasta may look like a restaurant-worthy main, but really it’s a pantry friendly mid-week life saver. Ready in 25 minutes Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients • 500 grams spaghetti • 3 Tbsps olive oil • 3 cloves garlic, crushed • 1/2 cup black olives, pitted and roughly chopped • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, roughly chopped • 1/4 cup capers • 2 x 5 oz tin of tuna, drained • 3 or 4 leaves of fresh basil, torn into pieces |• 1/2 cup Parmesan, grated

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Directions 1. Put a pot of well-salted water on to boil. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Just before you drain, remove 1 cup of cooking liquid and set aside. 2. In another large pot, warm up olive oil over medium heat. Toss in garlic, tomatoes, olives and capers. Stir and let the garlic cook for a couple of minutes. Add tuna and break it up a bit. 3. Add the cooked pasta and toss together until the pasta is wellcoated and the rest of the ingredients are spread throughout. Pour in your cooking liquid bit by bit until the pasta loosens up. 4. Serve with a topping of grated Parmesan and fresh basil. for more meal ideas, VISIT sweetpotatochronicles.com

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It’s all in The Stars Your daily horoscope by Francis Drake Aries March 21 - April 20 Today you have a powerful urge to make creative changes in your immediate environment. This includes your body and your health. You want a superior result with everything that you do. Bravo! Taurus April 21 - May 21 You will work hard behind the scenes to improve things for yourself today. These improvements will be in every level of your life, especially financial. Gemini May 22 - June 21 You have the ability to encourage groups to work to achieve something better today. It might involve tearing down something in order to rebuild.

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Cancer June 22 - July 23 Your ambition is fiercely aroused today, which is why you will accept no interference from anyone. You are on a mission, and you intend to achieve your goal. Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 Conflict with others about politics, religion or racial issues will be intense today. Avoid this if you can, because these differences will become nasty Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 Disputes about shared property and inheritances might come to a head today. People will not listen to each other. You have to be prepared to compromise.

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Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 Your dealings with partners and close friends will be challenged today. Someone wants to do things his or her own way, and he or she will not listen to you. Maybe you can just tread water and not lose any ground? Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 You will work relentlessly to achieve your aims today. You also will try to make others work just as hard alongside you. Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Those of you involved in sports will be fiercely competitive today. Parents and teachers also will have strong expectations for their kids. (Easy does it.)

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Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 You can make big changes for the better at home today, especially in areas related to bathrooms, plumbing, laundry, garbage and recycling. Act on this strong energy. Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 You are highly persuasive today. If you are in sales, marketing, teaching, acting or writing, you definitely will score! Pisces Feb. 20 - March 20 You’re willing to work hard to make money today because it’s important to you. But you might work just as hard to improve or change something you own. Today, everything matters.

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